Iran has increasingly resorted to electronic surveillance and public relationships to identify women who refuse to transport veils (hiyab), by obligation in public places, according to a new report published by the United Nations.
The report, published on Friday 14 March, presents the conclusions of the “Independent Research Board” on the Islamic Republic of Iran. The panel had previously completed in his relationship last year according to which the sovereignty of The Islamic Republic was responsible for “physical violence” which caused the death of Mahsa Amini In September 2022.
The United Nations report of this year stressed: “Although two and a half years have passed since the Protests in September 2022Women and girls in Iran are still subject to systematic and practice systematic discrimination. This discrimination has influenced all aspects of their life, in particular in relation to the application of the Mandatory hiyab law“He said.
The diplomatic representations of Iran before the United Nations in New York and Geneva did not respond to requests for comments on the conclusions of the 20 -page ratioInformed the associated press.
Sara Hussain, head of the research team, said two new research areas in a report published this year. One of these cases was the “Worrying pattern” of the dead for some protestersincluding girls, whom the Iranian government declared suicides. The families of men have undergone a “judicial harassment”, among other things because it was prevented from celebrating mourning services for their loved ones, he said.
The panel is also studying the use of execution exercises. “We discovered that the Stop, including men, women and children, have been threatened in some cases with firearms or with Sogas around the neckWhich is considered a form of psychological torture, “said Mrs. Hussein at her press conference in Geneva.
He added that the conclusions of the research group suggest that there are still “chronic (and constant) exceptions to punishment” for those who participated in repressions.
Iran expands the electronic surveillance of women
The United Nations inspectors have analyzed in detail that Iran will increasingly depend on electronic surveillance. Among these measures there is the use of “Surveillance drones” to monitor women in public places. In addition, at the entrance of the Amirkabir Technological University of Tehran, the authorities have installed facial recognition software to identify women who do not use compulsory hijab.
Apparently, they were also used Surveillance cameras on the main roads of Iran Identify women traveling by car without veil. According to the United Nations investigators, they accepted a mobile demand called “Observer” provided by the Iranian police. The program allows you to report the opinions of women without veil in vehicles such as ambulances, buses, metro cars and taxis.
The relationship said: “Users (who use the application) can record the position, date, time and number of registration number in which the alleged violation of the mandatory veil occurred. This information (published on the internet) scores that vehicle and the police, “he said.
“This process translates into the shipment (instantaneous) of a NOTICE SMS for the registered owner of the vehicle, which indicates that it has been identified violating The laws on the mandatory use of the veil. In addition, if these warnings are ignored, the vehicle will be seized, “he said.
The dangerous consequences of the compulsory Velo surveillance
Warning messages on the mandatory veil caused dangerous situations in some cases. In July, Police officers shot against a woman who, according to activists, had received a warning text message with veil And he escaped from a control post near the Caspian Sea, reported the Associated Press news agency. The woman was paralyzed as a consequence of the filming.
However, the national media and the public police have declared that the police had shot the vehicle with all the windows full of smoke, not to mention the violation of the mandatory veil. The United Nations inspectors have said so far 8,000 cars were seized because their drivers did not bring the “appropriate veil”.
Sarah Hussain, head of the research team, said about the situation: “What does it do This situation is unusual And strange is the type of activity that was monitored through this application … whether a woman uses it or not. It shouldn’t be punished for this, “he said.
Tensions persist after Mahsa Amini’s death
Mahsa Amini, a 22 -year -old girl, died in the hospital on September 16, 2022 after being arrested by the Arshad patrol, so she was described as “do not properly observe hiyab”.
His death caused a wave of protests that lasted months throughout Iran and was followed by a ferocious repression by the security forces, following which, according to reports, More than 500 people died and more than 22,000 have been arrested. After these generalized protests, the police reduced to a certain extent the application of the laws on the mandatory use of Hyyab, but the process was restarted starting from April 25, 2024 with the name of “Luminous Plan”.
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